I’m no longer fond of horror movies, but I have fond memories of seeing the original “Halloween” in the theater as a teen. We double-dated and my friend who drove had a big box of a car that had (unknown to the rest of us) a sprung trunk. As we walked up to the car in the dark parking lot, he thumped the side of the car, the trunk popped open, and we all screamed like girls.

The “Scarey Movie” flicks were fun.

There was an older movie, I think the early 70’s with Jason Robards, and plague had started in the world that turned people into killer zombies, I think. It showed up as a rash first, and then it turned them nuts. But I’ve never been able to find the title or the movie again. But that was a seriously freaky movie.

Mamma Mia, that shit scared the beejeezus outta me.

The one and only original “Alien”. The “less is more” principle is what keeps it so spooky even with repeated viewings. The director was quite sparse with showing the alien and that kept the atmosphere so suspenseful.

Well, “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” scared the bejebus out of me when I saw it when I was about 8.

Isle of the Dead @Adirondackwannabe?

No, it was done in the seventies, maybe late 60’s. That one sounds interesting. Boris was cool.

My father let me watch The Birds when I was 7 or 8. That one stuck with me a long time, and not in a good way. They got to regret that decision on quite a few nights.

When my daughter was in first grade her teacher had them watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. My daughter would wake, screaming from nightmares for a week. The eating of the monkey brain especially haunted her.
To make a long story short, I pulled her out of public school and put her in private.

Japanese film The Grudge.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391198/

The Babadook looks horrifying. I like this kind of scary. I like creepy, but I don’t like bloody.

Tusk

“The Birds” is a good answer, @Adirondackwannabe. We never missed a showing when I was a kid. I’ve probably seen it over a dozen times.

The original “The Bad Seed” disturbed me, because I could see it being true. That diabolical little blonde girl. I didn’t like watching it.

Cannibal Holocaust. God it was more disturbing than I thought, not only for the gore, but also the dark human mind depicted in it.

“The Exorcist” totally freaked me out! I have never seen “Jaws.” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” was a scare fest! “Alien” (shiver!)

I think “The Exorcist” was the beginning of my scarey movie ban. I don’t know that I’ve ever watched all of it, and don’t know that I ever will.

And what was the one with the demonic little boy? Damien? All I remember is people in a car being beheaded by a sheet of flying plate glass.

The American dollar loses it’s place as the world standard.

I like the campy “B” rated flicks, like “Otis”, “Dead and Breakfast” “Slither” etc.
Nothing like funny horror, tames the gore. haha

Hitchcock was the master of horror, @Coloma. Back when it was the reactions to the gore that we saw, rather than the bloody guts on the floor.

But I love campy, funny, “horror”, too.

@ibstubro

The film with the decapitation sequence was “The Omen”. (the kids name was Damien and the title of the sequel bears his name.)

Yeah, that was definitely a creepfest and so surprising to see Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) as the kid’s Father :)

I liked the book, at the time, hated the movie, @Buttonstc.

—I need to give devoted attention to “To Kill a Mockingbird”, @Buttonstc. Book and movie.

There’s so much I never get to. :(

Yes. Harper Lee really created a masterpiece. And this was one of those times that the movie really honored the book.

Peck really did a great job with the iconic character of Atticus.

Even nowadays, people are still honoring him by naming their kids after him. (the boy who plays the character of Brick in “The Middle” is Atticus Shaeffer.)

He spoke about his name’s origin on a recent talk show. What an inspiring name to carry ! !

I remember when my parents finally let my best friend and I watch The Exorcist, they warned us, very seriously, about how horrifying it was. We were laughing our asses off most of the way through – which surprised them, to say the least.

I like scary movies, not gory movies, so when I saw The Others when I was younger, a lot of it scared the crap out of me. I’m usually let down by most horror movies in general – old or new. I think I’m too desensitized to actually be scared of most of the old ones, and the new ones are just too disgusting and gory.

There is an old one that I always forget the name of which I watched with a group of peers that all of us actually liked, though, and we genuinely thought it was creepy – which surprised all of us. It was about a boy in an old, huge house… and I think it had something to do with an attic?

October is my favorite month for many reasons, but the best reason is all the scary movies that are shown on television.

My favorite is The Exorcist III

Alien.
Aliens.
Polterguist.
Cloverfield.
Blair Witch Project.
Nosferatu (Klaas Kinski version)

@Megan64, The Babadook was okay. It wasn’t as great as I’d hoped it would be.

I find psychological thrillers the most scary. Films like Silence of the Lambs scare the living daylights out of me because it could be real. Or films (and the book scared me more) like The Road.

I’m actually quite easily spooked. I have a love/hate relationship with films like 28 Days Later/ Weeks Later. I’ve spent much time in the cinema hiding behind my hand or coat.

When I was younger, The Exorcist terrified me but now it seems dated.

When I was in my teens, I saw The Exorcist in the theater, and laughed all through it. It just seemed stupid, and I couldn’t figure out why so this movie scared so many.
20 years later, I was married and had children, and watched it again. Now, this movie scared the crap out of me. I had become more invested in the issues and fears this movie presented.

I’m a’ tellin’ ya…this is a clut classic must see. lol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBTjk7c0sIA

@Earthbound_Misfit I’m bummed to hear that. I live in California, but don’t think it has opened here yet. Where are you that you have already seen it? Or were you at Sundance?

@Megan64, I saw it in Australia. It was a few months ago now. Go and see it, you might love it. It’s okay but not as good as I expected.

Not a movie, but an Anime series:
Steins;Gate.
Really creapy and tense, especially in the first few episodes.

I enjoy the whole SAW franchise!! Not to mention the 1st Nightmare On Elm St. As well as the second one, after that the others that followed just became comical.ROBERT ENGLUND ROCKS AS FREDDY KRUGER!!